Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Iron, Lead
SecondaryGold, Titanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlOre Occurs In Contact Zones Between Limestone And Porphyry, And Along Fractures Parallel To Contact, N50w.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Pyrite
GangueHematite
Other materialsMagnetite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Escabrosa Limestone
StructureComplex Tertiary Faulting Of Paleozoic And Cretaceous Sediments, Tertiary Intrusives, East Dipping, Nw Trending Thrust Sheets; Beds In Mine Area Are Of Variable Dip Due To Extensive Thrusting
AlterationOverlying Gossan Zone Is Up To 150 Ft Thick
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsINTERMITTENT 1903-1957
Discovery year1892
Identification
Deposit ID10108978
MRDS IDM000920
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.84374, -109.92955
References
USBM FILES.KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 68.ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.CEDERSTROM, 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL DRAGOON MOUNTAINS, ARIZ: UNIV. ARIZ. PHD THESIS.KEITH, 1973, ARIZ, BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.